It’s that time of year again, when North Korea issues a long and deluded Joint New Year’s Day Editorial. The 2012 edition clocks in at 5,721 words, with no mention anywhere of the term “Cheonan.”
Filed under: Cheonan, Commentary
July 30, 2011 • 9:45 AM 0
North Korea Welcomes Heavyweight Emissary
Imagine if North Korea was able to produce a world-class boxer and release that fearsome figure into the international sports arena. It would allow for a much more powerful PR punch than whining about lightning strikes at a women’s World Cup of soccer.
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June 18, 2011 • 4:50 PM 0
A Country Where Every Day is Father’s Day
I often find myself inspired to blog about North Korea whenever a major Western holiday rolls around. That’s because at those particular points, the contrast between our system of beliefs and that of the subjugated residents of North Korea seems to resonate even more bizarrely than usual.
Filed under: Commentary, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un
May 22, 2011 • 9:45 AM 2
The Seventh Coming of Kim Jong-il
The Rapture may have been a bust this weekend, but North Korea‘s “Crapture” is alive and well. As a result, Kim Jong-il has journeyed across the border to China for the seventh time, hoping to glean a strong tip here and prosperous bit of know-how there.
Filed under: Commentary, Kim Jong-il
May 26, 2012 • 9:30 AM 0
Remembering One of the Original U.S. Prisoners of the Korean War
There are a couple of different ways to pay tribute this weekend to the late Larry Zellers, a Texas-born missionary who was captured by North Korean soldiers in Kaesong on June 25th, 1950 and held as a POW until 1953.
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